Thu, Aug 11, 2022 7:23 PM in First Day of School Science Activities
If you are teaching a class of younger students who are learning about living things, you might have a discussion about all living things needing water to survive. You can show an image of an insect drinking water with a proboscis, and then let students pretend they are insects. If you have small droppers to move water from a cup at one side of the room to a cup on the other side. If you don'...
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Thu, Aug 11, 2022 7:05 PM in First Day of School Science Activities
For my First grade and Kindergarten students, we go outside to look for living and nonliving things. They can write or draw pictures for the things they find, and then have a group discussion about why they made those choices.
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Thu, Aug 11, 2022 6:51 PM in First Day of School Science Activities
Hi Michelle,
Smart idea to incorporate math and science! An important math skill for 3rd graders could be measuring things. For folks who like the scavenger hunt idea, try a matter scavenger hunt. Find a matter that is red, or square, or fuzzy, or a liquid. You could also include some matter that is longer than 6" or shorter than 3", etc. This is a fun way to think about the physcial...
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